is the twenty-third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness. It was released on May 19, 2010 only in Japan and marks the full-length debut of drummer Masayuki Suzuki. Guitarist

Akira Takasaki is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Loudness. He is also the guitarist of the band Lazy, with which he first rose to prominence in the 1970s. Career He started his ...

would later say ''King of Pain'' was focused on featuring Suzuki. The album reached number 21 on the Oricon chart. The album shows a return to standard-tuned guitars and bass, and according to some fans, a return to their 1980s sound.

Track listing

All music written by

, lyrics as indicated #"Requiem" (instrumental) - 2:59 #"The King of Pain" ( Minoru Niihara, Bob Dyer) - 5:30 #"Power of Death" (Niihara, Takashi Kanazawa) - 4:21 #"Death Machine" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:42 #"Doodlebug" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:07 #"Rule the World" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 3:11 #"Straight Out of Our Soul" (Niihara, Ken Ayugai) - 3:51 #"Where Am I Going?" (Niihara, JJ) - 3:50 #"Emma" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:25 #"Naraka" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 3:34 #"Doctor from Hell" (Niihara, Ray Higa) - 4:32 #"Hell Fire" (Niihara, Bob Dyer) - 4:19 #"#666" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 3:30 #"Never Comes" (Niihara, Kanazawa) - 5:02

Personnel

;Loudness * Minoru Niihara – vocals *

– guitar, uncredited vocals on "Where Am I Going?" *Masayoshi Yamashita – bass *Masayuki Suzuki – drums ;Production *Masatoshi Sakimoto - engineer, mixing *Yuki Mitome - assistant engineer *Kazuhiro Yamagata - mastering *Kiyomasa Shinoki, Keiichi Oriuchi - executive producers

References

2010 albums Loudness (band) albums Japanese-language albums Tokuma Shoten albums {{2010s-metal-album-stub